Personality+Practice+Test.pdf
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Personality+Practice+Test.pdf
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67. Having exaggerated feeling of weakness and inadequacy is referred to as<br />
a. an inferiority complex<br />
b. an incongruent personality<br />
c. a dysfunctional self-concept<br />
d. an Oedipal complex<br />
68. The psychodynamic theories of personality have been criticized for which ofthe following?<br />
a. sexIsm<br />
b. lack of testability<br />
c. inadequate supportive evidence<br />
d. all of these reasons<br />
69. The theoretical orientation that argues that psychology should study only observable behavior is<br />
a. rational-emotive<br />
b. behaviorism<br />
c. humanism<br />
d. invasive<br />
70. Research in the behavioral tradition has focused largely on which of the following?<br />
a. learning<br />
b. personality<br />
c. social behavior<br />
d. sensation and perception<br />
71. Which of the following terms is least closely associated with Skinner's view of personality?<br />
a. determinism<br />
b. reinforcement<br />
c. unconscious motivation<br />
d. response tendencies<br />
72. Which of the following definitions of "personality" best reflects the views ofB. F. Skinner?<br />
a. stable behavioral traits that evolve as a function of natural selection<br />
b. a collection of response tendencies that are tied to various stimulus situations<br />
c. consistent patterns of behavior that occur as a result of unconscious impulses<br />
d. innate behavioral tendencies that reflect a unique pattern of genetic predispositions<br />
73. Albert Bandura's concept of reciprocal determinism is best summarized as<br />
a. "The environment continually shapes us."<br />
b. "Humans continually shape the environment."<br />
c. "Environments shape humans and humans shape environments."<br />
d. "Each person's world is his or her own." .<br />
74. In explaining a person's aggressiveness, a social learning theorist would favor which of the following<br />
explanations?<br />
a. an inferiority complex<br />
b. unconscious forces<br />
c. observational learning<br />
d. unresolved conflicts<br />
75. A social learning theorist would most likely explain the behavior of a spoiled brat in terms of which of the<br />
following?<br />
a. personality defects of the child<br />
b. unresolved conflicts between the child and the parents<br />
c. learning through observation and reinforcement<br />
d. a genetic predisposition resulting in a high need for attention<br />
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